“[T]here’s no requirement to have any doctrine here. I mean this is simply a longstanding right of the United States and other nations to take the actions they deem necessary in their self defense. Every president has deployed forces as necessary to take action. He’s done so without multilateral support if necessary. He’s done so in advance of conflict if necessary. In my experience, I was the commander of the European forces in NATO. When we took action in Kosovo, we did not have United Nations approval to do this and we did so in a way that was designed to preempt Serb ethnic cleansing and regional destabilization there. There were some people who didn’t agree with that decision. The United Nations was not able to agree to support it with a resolution.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark1-Doctrine-11026.mp3

Ø “Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He’s had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001, so people are alert here. Our homeland security is certainly not perfect but we’ve, I think, taken some very significant steps. We’re much more observant than we have been before.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark2-ChemBio-13200.mp3

Ø “There’s no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark3-threat-1811.mp3

Ø “Saddam Hussein is not only malevolent and violent but he is also to some large degree unpredictable at least to us. I’m sure he has a rationale for what he’s doing, but we don’t always know it. He does retain his chemical and biological capabilities to some extend and he is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn’t have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark4-Malevolent-1912.mp3

Ø “The problem of Iraq is not a problem that can be postponed indefinitely, and of course Saddam’s current efforts themselves are violations of international law as expressed in the U.N. resolutions. Our President has emphasized the urgency of eliminating these weapons and weapons programs. I strongly support his efforts to encourage the United Nations to act on this problem and in taking this to the United Nations, the president’s clear determination to act if the United States can't -- excuse me, if the United Nations can’t provides strong leverage for under girding ongoing diplomatic efforts.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark5-Postponed-2130.mp3

Ø “And, I want to underscore that I think the United States should not categorize this action as preemptive. Preemptive and that doctrine has nothing whatsoever to do with this problem. As Richard Perle so eloquently pointed out, this is a problem that’s longstanding. It’s been a decade in the making. It needs to be dealt with and the clock is ticking on this.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark6-Preemptive-2802.mp3

Ø “I think you have to have an echelon series of inspections. I think you start small and I think you expand the intrusiveness, the scope and the scale of the inspections, and I think you do that until you are either satisfied and the nation which brings the complaint to the United Nations, i.e. the United States, is satisfied, or you cross and trip a red line in which Saddam says no and you move to the next stage.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark7-Echelon-3443.mp3

Ø “I think there’s no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard [Perle] says, that there have been such contacts [between Iraq and al Qaeda]. It’s normal. It’s natural. These are a lot of bad actors in the same region together. They are going to bump into each other. They are going to exchange information. They’re going to feel each other out and see whether there are opportunities to cooperate. That’s inevitable in this region, and I think it’s clear that regardless of whether or not such evidence is produced of these connections that Saddam Hussein is a threat.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark8-BadActors-5422.mp3

Ø “I’d like to offer the following observations by way of how we could proceed. First of all, I do believe that the United States diplomacy in the United Nations will be strengthened if the Congress can adopt a resolution expressing U.S. determination to act if the United Nations cannot act. The use of force must remain a U.S. option under active consideration.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark9-Observations-2409.mp3

Ø “I think it’s not time yet to use force against Iraq but it is certainly time to put that card on the table, to turn it face up and to wave it and the president is doing that and I think that the United States Congress has to indicate after due consideration and consulting our people and building our resolve that yes, this is a significant security problem for the United States of America and all options are on the table including the use of force as necessary to solve this problem because I think that’s what’s required to leverage any hope of solving this problem short of war.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark10-CardTable-12847.mp3

Ø “I agree that there’s a risk that the inspections would fail to provide evidence of the weapons program. They might fail, but I think we can deal with this problem as we move along, and I think the difficulties of dealing with this outcome are more than offset by the opportunities to gain allies, support, and legitimacy in the campaign against Saddam Hussein.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark11-InspRisk-2604.mp3

Ø “If the efforts to resolve the problem by using the United Nations fail, either initially or ultimately, then we need to form the broadest possible coalition including our NATO allies and the North Atlantic Council if we’re going to have to bring forces to bear.” Listen to Clark’s Testimony: http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/Clark12-UNFail-2630.mp3